Improvement in clothes-pounders



J. S. BROWN. Clothes-Founder,

No. 203,532. Ptented' May 14, 1878.

M'AM

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAPHIER 8. BROWN, OF WEST JEFFERSON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOT-HES-POUNDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,532, dated May 14,1878 application filed April 10, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J APHIER S. BROWN, of West Jefferson, in the countyof Madison and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes Pounders and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawin g, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a' part of thisspecification.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved clothes-pounderin which the suction and pressure exerted on the clothes are placedunder the control of the operator, or may be self-acting.

It consists of a straight hollow tube, closed at the top, and an openfunnel-shaped bottom, and in other improvements, all of which will behereinafter fully explained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 2is an under-side view, of my device.

A isthe handle,which may be of any desired length or size. It has nearits top an opening, a, closed by a valve, a, placed on the outside ofthe handle A, and on the back of which is a loop or ring, through whichthe finger may be slipped, and the opening 0!. opened or closed atpleasure, thereby admitting the air to or excluding it from the interiorof the device.

B isthe funnel. It has placednear its mouth the bars I), which areconcave, and provided with holes I) to prevent suction when the pounderis raised. The bars are parallel to each other, so that when the pounderis pressed down upon the clothes the latter will be forced 'valve on thedownward stroke, and by thus confining the air within the pounder obtainan increase of elastic atmospheric pressure on the clothes, and uponraising the pounder and opening the valve the clothes will remain in' acompacted mass. Thus, by a proper manipulation of the valve a, I can geteither suction or pressure at will, or by releasing the valve on it willact automatically, as will be readily understood by reference to thedrawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a clothes-pounder, the hollow handle A, having near its top theopening a, closed by the valve a, hinged to the outside of the handle,as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a clothes-pounder, the funnel B and concave parallel bars 6,arranged as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing. as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JAPHIER S. BROWN.

Witnesses:

EUGENE T. BABB, WILLIAM H. STUTsoN.

